Article
[Study on the horizontal transmission of oral Streptococcus mutans in day-nursery children].
Hua xi kou qiang yi xue za zhi = Huaxi kouqiang yixue zazhi = West China journal of stomatology - 1 Dec 2006
Shang Ran, Zou Jing, Zhou Xue-Dong
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To analyze genotypic diversity of oral Streptococcus mutans (S. mutans) and find out horizontal transmission possibility of the microbe in day-nursery children. METHODS: The plaque samples were scratched with sterilized toothpicks from teeth of 32 day-nursery children aged between 3 and 4, then cultured on MSB plates. Clones with representative S. mutans-like were subcultured and identified to species...
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